Autonomous vehicles (AVs) represent potentially disruptive changes to today’s transportation system. Though being destructive to transportation systems, AVs bring beneficial changes to today’s transportation system. The adoption of AVs would undoubtedly have transformative effects on nearly all aspects of United States (U.S)’s transportation system. This paper examines the suitability of AVs in U.S, economic issues associated with the technology by comparing AVs with conventional vehicles and environmental benefits of AVs. The paper also evaluates environmental benefits of AV technology by comparing AVs with gasoline vehicles.